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tntmi gisten WILLIAM F. T BAUTMAN, OF LLEWELLYN, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 103,393, dated May 24, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN'v PAPER-RANGERS APPARATUS The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 0f the same I, WILLIAM F. TRAUTMAN, of Llewellyn, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Paper-Hangers Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

v These improvements relate to the novel construction of the scaffolding, step-ladder, and pasting-table, employed in the trade of paper-hanging, as separateand independent devicesi also, to their relative construction and arrangement, so that they may be reduced to a compact form and arlangement to be transported from place to place, as may be desired, the scali'olding being 'adjusted to form a wheelbarow to hold the table, ladder, paste-bucket, papel', Ste.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a perspective view of the apparatus, packed ready for transportation.

Figure 2 is an under-side view of the pasting-table, closed.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the pastingt'able, set up for short paper lengths.

Figure 4 is a l[op view of the pasting-table, arranged for wide paper.

Figure 5 is a side view of the scalolding adjusted for use. v

Figure 6 is a plan view of the shortl scafbld-platform.

Figure 7 shows an adjustable cross-bar.

Figures 8, 9, and 10, are views of reduced size,

showing the arrangement of the scaffold.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will describe the construction and arrangement of the different devices or implements separately, and afterwards the manner in which they are arranged together, as shownin fig. 1.

A, fig. 1, 'is the step-ladder, having braces, a., connected by pivoted swinging arms a' to the sides a".

b are notches cut in the sides a", in which the tongued ends bl of the braces a fit, so as to-firmly support the ladder when set up for use.

B Bf B" are the three parts o f which the pastingr table is composed, of unequal lengths, so as to slide one under the other, for which purpose slide-cleats o r bars cc are attached to and near the ends of the parts B B.

The part B is the main part or table proper,'the

others being merely leaves or extensions, for the pur-- pose of lengthening or widening the table, as desired.'

The table B is supported at both ends by legs d d, joined to turning cross-bars d', jourualed at the ends of the table.

d are journaled cross-bars, joined to lthe legs d d, and provided with braces d', having snitablehooks on their ends to catch in loops on the slide-cleats c, for

`the purpose of supporting the table when unfolded. j

c" are shelves, extending out from beneath the ends of the table, and slotted at c lengthwise of the table,

so as to allow the ends of the braces d' to pass through v when the legs are'folded.

The leavesB B are provided each with a support, D, at one end only, the other end, when used, being placed on a shelf,x c", for which purpose pins e are placed in unsupported ends to lit in suitable holes made in the said shelves. Y A.

The support I), cousists'of au upright joined to a cross-piece, D,'journaled or hinged to theunder side of the leaf.

The upright rests on a cross foot-piece, D

A turning brace, E, is attached to the inner side ot the upright D, and bent at the end to hook in a plate, f, attached to the leaf.

'lhe support of the leaf B' is shortened, and hinged or `)'ournaled to the slide cleat c', so that it may bo folded up against the leaf B".

' b2 are tongues, pivoted within slots on one side of the leaf B', and when turned out m'ade tocorrespond with slots in one side of Vthe table B, and into' which they lit, held therein by vertical pins, whenl it is desired to widen 'the table, as shown in iig. 5. v

When the table is thus arranged, the leaf B is inverted, audplaced under the leaf B', as shown in iig.

5, to sustain the otherwise unsupported end.

When the legs d d and supports D are folded up, they are scoured by metallic catches d, properly arranged, as shown on fig. 2, or their equivalents, such as pinsel or boxes e2. The latter are continuations of the journal supports of thecross-bar D'.

A table of the described character is of very obvious advantage to paper-hangers.

By being folded up, it may be easily carried under the arm from room kto room in the course of work. It can be readily adj ust-ed to any length or w'idth ot' paper, carries its own supports, and is, in every respect, superior tothe common hoard, which, for convenience, must be of asize too short for the paper of a high room,'and too long sometimes to be used -in a small Infig. 5, F Fare the upright and supports, and

F1, the horizontal platform composing the scaffold.

Each upright consists of three parts: a hollow base part or box f, resting on suitable cross-timbers`, and two sliding extensions f1 fz, the latter being a single post.

f are mortised blocks or rests, sliding on the parts f2, and'held in any desired position by pins inserted in the post beneath them.

The height of the diiereut extensions Yis likewise regulated by pins and holes g g', properly arranged, as shown in fig. 5;

Theplattorm F1 'consists of two horizontal planks, F? Fifwjth mortises in their ends, yto fit on' the posits f'-, and lguides .G on their' inner ends, to allow the platform to be extended.

The ends of the planks may be brought together and placed over the post f2, or'the outer end of' each plank placed thereon, and the platform extended.

In the latter case, the brace IzI is employed, with guides h on the ends, to go around the planks F1 F, to keep it therein in proper posit-ion,'its purpose being to sustain the extended platform, without interfering with the sliding of the planks.

The upper edge ofthe brace is shaped to conforin to the under surface Vof Vthe platform.

The short platform, fig. (5, used without a brace, may be substituted for fh'e larger one, when desired or necessary.

The platform arranged as described, may be raised or lowered to any desired height.

Figs. 9, 10, and 11, show more clearly than can be described'several different positions to which it can be adjusted.

For the purpose of adjusting it as shown in fig. 10, notches t', with metallic flanges il, are formed in one side of' the'base part f, and the ends of' the platform inserted, recesses if being formed in said ends in which the metallicflanges mentioned fit.

rIlhe platform vmay be adjusted to other positions, unnecessary to be described.

I, fig. 5, shows one of the cross-timbers, on which the scaffold uprights rest. I tis also shown removed in lig. 8.

This cross-timber is made adjustable, and to [it in its place is recessed at Il, to suit the cross-timber M'.

"i3 are morticcs, of an equal size and shape with the posts f2.

I, iig. 1, shows a. cross-timber shorter than the timber I, instead ,of which it is usedv sometimes, as will be described, and withoutthe mortises t?.

The piece Iu is substituted for the piece I when a scaffold is reqfuired for work over staircases, in which case the npr-ight is placed on the lowest step, or on the floor, and the unsupported end of the platform rested on one of the higher steps, as shown in lig. 10.

K, fig. 5, is one ofthe cross-pieces of the other support or upright, extending inwardly and notched at 7',.

7a2 is a pin, inserted in one side of said piece.

7.1 are diagonal braces, reaching from the base parts j' to the rigid cross-timbers.A i

Il is a wedge-shaped block, inserted above the adj ust-able pieces-I, I, when employed as specified.

A pin may be inserted through tlliswedge-shaped block and the crossvpiece under it, for greater firmness.

M M' are cross-pieces, placed at right angles to the pieces I K.

In oneend of each a step, m m, is formed, and 'near thebase parts f a notch, an'.

In the opposite ends boxes are cut to receive the journals of vthe wheel-axle N.

N1 are pivoted plates, attached to the pieces IWI M', `and bent over at their ends to fit on the ends of said pieces, and, when the wheel N2 is used, cover the jonrnals of the axle, and are movable, so that the wheel may be taken out.

Now, in order to reduce the devices described to the arrangement shown in 'g. 1, thel platform F is taken down, and thev piece I removed, and in its place the notched end of the piece K' inserted and secured, the uprights being thereby brought close together. The piece I is placed at the ends of the posts f3, against the blocks, and secured. v

The scaffold thus arranged is placed in a'. horizontal position, and the brace H being released from the platform, is placed beneath and against the pieces I and K.

On said brace, with its end as far forward as the diagonal brace will allow, is placed the closed platform, tig. 6, lying flat.

Over this is placed in a like manner the largerl platform, the ends resting on the pieces I and K, a snitable hole being formed in the platform for the pin, which keeps it from moving out of place.

Next is arranged the pasting-table, folded and inverted. In this position the uprights are raised and braced, and the rear legs of the table raised and the brace thrown back.'4 In this position the table legs are retained by a rope reaching from the cross-bar to the upright, which keeps the legs from falling back, while they may be prevented from falling forward by placing the paste-bucket in the position shown.

Vheu properly arranged, the forward end of the table fits snugly in the recesses.

The different articles having beenarranged as described, a pin, o, with a screw ou its upper end, is inserted through corresponding holes in the brace, platform, and table, and the ladder fixed in the position represented in fig. 1, its forward part restingA between the cross-timbers of the scaffold supports and on the shelves m formed at the ends of said timbers.

The piece l3 is then placed across the steps of the ladder, over the pin o, and, a nut, o', screwed on, securing the articles rigidly together.

The wheel .is now adjusted, and the arrangement completed.

The ends of the posts j"2 should be rounded to form handles by which to wheel the barrow.

The blocks f3 serve as rests or legs.

I in fig. 1 shows how the rolls of paper may be carried.

Having fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to seeureby Letters Patent, is-.

1. The table, composed of the three divisions or parts B Bl B2, all constructed and arranged separately Aand relatively, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. llhe construction,and arrangement ofthe supports F and platform Il", substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. .The movable rests f, in combination with the platform F and supports F, as described, and for the purposes set fort-h.

4. The brace H, constructed and*arrangedsnbstantiall y as specified, in combination with the platform F', for the purpose set forth. v

5. rlhe adjust-able cross-pieces I and I3, in combination with the scaffoldfsupport, towhich they may be adjusted, substantially as described.

6.` The arrangement, as shown in fig, 1 of the drawings, of the scaffold, table, and step-ladder,.iu combination with the wheel N2 and pin o, or equivalent, for the purpose specified.

7. 'lhe supports M M', constructed substantially' as described, and adapted to receive the wheel N2, as and vfor the purpose set forth.

NVM. Ill. TItAUTMAN.

NVitnesses F. W. CONRAD, J. W. CONRAD. 

